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Aruba Fire Now 97% Contained

Firefighters putting out the flames surrounding a house in Rainbow during the Aruba Fire, Sept. 5, 2021.
Cal Fire/San Diego County Fire
Firefighters putting out the flames surrounding a house in Rainbow during the Aruba Fire, Sept. 5, 2021.

A brush fire near Rainbow was holding at 54 acres and was 97% contained Thursday morning, Cal Fire reported.

The Aruba Fire broke out Sunday afternoon with moderate spread in a community southeast of Rainbow, triggering an evacuation. The mandatory evacuation was lifted on Monday for residents near Rainbow Crest Road and Mordigan Lane.

A temporary evacuation center was set up at Vallecitos Elementary School, located at 5211 Fifth St. in Fallbrook, Cal Fire San Diego said.

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Cal Fire assigned two engines and one crew to the fire.

San Diego County sheriff's deputies helped residents with the evacuation.

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